California Family Code Section 6228

(a) State and local law enforcement agencies shall provide, without charging a fee, one copy of all domestic violence incident report face sheets, one copy of all domestic violence incident reports, or both, to a victim of domestic violence, or to his or her representative if the victim is deceased, as defined in subdivision (g), upon request. For purposes of this section, domestic violence has the definition given in Section 6211. (b) A copy of a domestic violence incident report face sheet shall be made available during regular business hours to a victim of domestic violence or his or her representative no later than 48 hours after being requested by the victim or his or her representative, unless the state or local law enforcement agency informs the victim or his or her representative of the reasons why, for good cause, the domestic violence incident report face sheet is not available, in which case the domestic violence incident report face sheet shall be made available to the victim or his or her representative no later than five working days after the request is made. (c) A copy of the domestic violence incident report shall be made available during regular business hours to a victim of domestic violence or his or her representative no later than five working days after being requested by a victim or his or her representative, unless the state or local law enforcement agency informs the victim or his or her representative of the reasons why, for good cause, the domestic violence incident report is not available, in which case the domestic violence incident report shall be made available to the victim or his or her representative no later than 10 working days after the request is made. (d) Any person requesting copies under this section shall present state or local law enforcement with his or her identification, such as a current, valid driver`s license, a state-issued identification card, or a passport and, if the person is a representative of the victim, a certified copy of the death certificate or other satisfactory evidence of the death of the victim at the time a request is made. (e) This section shall apply to requests for face sheets or reports made within five years from the date of completion of the domestic violence incidence report. (f) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Access to Domestic Violence Reports Act of 1999. (g) (1) For purposes of this section, a representative of the victim means any of the following: (A) The surviving spouse. (B) A surviving child of the decedent who has attained 18 years of age. (C) A domestic partner, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 297. (D) A surviving parent of the decedent. (E) A surviving adult relative. (F) The public administrator if one has been appointed. (2) A representative of the victim does not include any person who has been convicted of murder in the first degree, as defined in Section 189 of the Penal Code, of the victim, or any person identified in the incident report face sheet as a suspect. Domestic violence incident report face sheets may not be provided to a representative of the victim unless the representative presents his or her identification, such as a current, valid driver`s license, a state-issued identification card, or a passport and a certified copy of the death certificate or other satisfactory evidence of the death of the victim at the time of the request.